Update...Cottage Garden Walk-A-Bout...

Come for a walk with me...

Through the cottage garden...

Let's see what is "up"...

First....I see the white Campanula or  Bell Flower...very dainty...

I find, if I deadhead these...they will flower for a long time...


The blue lobelia is doing well...alongside the woodland geraniums...

This is the Blue Campanula...

Weigelia in full bloom now...time for a trim once it is finished..

I know this is type of rhubarb...I looked up a picture and it is called Poor Mans Parasol...seems to fit!!!

My tomato plants are looking very healthy...perhaps some flowers this weekend..

And the Parsley as well...yummy...

The beauty bush is massive...

The Sweet Peas have some tiny buds...:o)

The Spiderwort is blooming....blooming georgeous!!!!

Love the look of this tiny geranium....so hairy!!!

Very tiny spider....the smaller the better...:o)

Geranium after the glory of blooming...still beautiful...

Summer Anemone taking shape...it actually spread quite a bit from last season...love the dainty little flowers to come...

Hollyhocks are budding...

The Lilies are nearly ripe...

This bunch of Campanulas are in a more shaded spot...

I had to trim a few of these Poor Mans Parasol, as they were interfering with some of my perennial grasses....Can you believe how HUGE they are???

This Datura was ready to bloom....I probably missed it!!!  :o(

Looks like a fabulous weekend coming up...

Hope you all get outside...and enjoy!!!

      I will leave you with some hydrangeas from last summer...

                      Can't wait to see them again this year....

                                         Cheers!           :o)

                                                           linda

Painting the Kitchen Porch....and The Stick Bug...Again!!

My small kitchen porch takes a real beating in the Winter. The snow seems to sit right where you step up....the rain does the same thing.

SO, this was the day...last Friday morning...to get it painted. I had already picked up a can of blue, and I had the white from the sun porch...

Time to get to work...First I emptied everything off...cleaned the back wall...as it had a lot of  spider poop on it...swept 50 times, as everytime I was finished, something else would fall on it...arghhhh...finally I was ready...well almost...I only had small brushes...arghhh again...

Found something suitable, and got to work on the white railings first...

Waited a while...cleaned the screen door and mirror...and then got to work on the floor...

I think you will agree, from the picture below...it looks a 100 times better...
       Good job Linda....why thanks...no problem... 

As I was standing back admiring my work....I noticed something suspicious crawling up the post.....hey....what are you doing on my new paint job???

It was one of the funny little stick guys....I found one last summer, but he must have been older, 'cause he looked just like a stick...brown and everything...perhaps this is a baby stick bug....cooochicoo little stick guy...

He huffed and he puffed...and he crawled all over my freshly painted post..

Are you looking at me???

I'll fight 'ya with one hand tied behind my back...

I'll bet you can't do this....

Or this???

I'm the King of the world.....Allright little stick guy, now you are getting on my nerves....I am going to see what is new in the cottage garden this week...you can do whatever you want...but I am done with you....And I never saw him again...tee hee hee   :o)

The flowering ghoutweed is actually kinda pretty...like Queen Anne's Lace...

I had to look this one up...but, by golly, I found it...Beauty Bush...how apropo!!!! [is that the right spelling] probably not...

These tiny yellow succulents are lovely...so lush...

After a hard days work...I needed some "dream" time...

This magazine is wonderful...

All beach themes...just the way I like it...



Hope you all had a great Wednesday..
I did fitness...Wal-Mart...and got the rest of my baskets all potted up...
finally....now they just need to grow!!!





Enjoy your evening

                       Cheers!                 :o)

                                           linda

Sunporch and Garden Shed

Our screened SunPorch at the cottage, is our MOST favorite spot....

You can eat out there...when we have guests, we sit in there for hours..listening to music...and having "refreshments"..after dinner....tee hee hee

Spend some quiet time by yourself, watching the world go by...

Morning coffee is even more delicious out there...

It is a GREAT place for a Scrabble match...

I love doing my crosswords out there...with a tall cool drink...

We sit out there on steamy evenings...bug free...listening to CD'S...and dancing like we are still in high school....

It truly is the heart of this cottage...

I finally stuffed a few annuals into the planter box on my shed...there is a Sedum from last year...if the annuals fade, I simply add something new...and usually some Mums in the fall....love the shed [shunda] tee hee hee....:o)

A few years ago, I picked up 2 back-of-the-door mirrors at a thrift shop, and attached them to the inside of each of the shed doors...so.......when the doors are open, it reflects the garden....really improves the view!!  :o)

I made up another basket on the weekend...found a Hosta buried under the day lilies....the day lilies are REALLY huge this year....how are yours doing?? Hope they are lush blooms...






 My White Cosmos are doing fantastic in my baskets at the cottage...I actually picked up 8 more today, at the Greenhouse, here at home....They are....I think...a wonderful annual....they flower right 'til frost...and I think they make excellent photography
subjects....




Here's to the Cosmos....HIP HIP HOORAY!!!!!

Another humid day here....kinda cloudy...kinda rainy...went to Fitness, the Greenhouse and then did a PILE of ironing...won't bore you with pictures of that!!!!   Gonna make a meatloaf, with roast potatoes, zuccinni and my world famous tomato, avacado ,red onion ,black olive, fresh basil, goat cheese and olive oil salad... for dinner..ok...ok...I know...now THAT is boring....:o)

 It actually did rain this afternoon...but now the wind has picked up, the sun is out, and it feels less humid...think I'll go and sit in the backyard...


                     Hope you are all having a great Tuesday....


                                         Cheers!            :o)

                                                               linda

Mauve Irises At The Cottage...

Even though, as I had previously stated, that my Irises weren't as good this year....Look what was up this past weekend!!!

The funny part is....there is only ONE!!

The colour is out of this world....

Lavenderey...Bluey...Mauvey....
 ...what other words can I make up to describe this fabulous colour??

The center is an unbelievable orangey
colour...there's another one!!!

Have a look...and then tell me...this is not one of the most georgeous Iris colour YOU  HAVE EVER SEEN!!!!

I guess the colour of this African Violet is very similar to this Iris....

How would you describe it??

Come on....give it a try...


:o)








                  Hope you all had a great lavenderey day!!!!
Having some rain right now....good for the garden....


                         Cheers!                       :o)